From: GitHub Chris Idema <github_chris_idema@proton.me>
Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2026 13:32:28 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] diff.tcl: fixed alignment of tabs in git-gui diff by using spaces
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> Sorry, I cannot reproduce what I read into this sentence. When I change
the "Tab spacing" option in the Options dialog, the display changes to
the specified tab width. I'm using Tcl/Tk 8.6.

I use git for Windows version "2.52.0.windows.1" on Windows 11.

Here is how you can reproduce the problem:
mkdir test_tabs
cd test_tabs
git init
echo "" > test.c
git add .
git commit -m "initial commit"
echo -e "int test1\t= 5;\nint test11\t= 6;\nint test111\t= 6;\n" > test.c
git gui

> Do "Stage Line/Hunk for Commit" still work after this conversion?
I'm sorry but I don't know what this means.

-- Chris

-------- Original Message --------
On Monday, 01/26/26 at 13:15 Johannes Sixt <j6t@kdbg.org> wrote:
Am 26.01.26 um 11:45 schrieb Chris Idema via GitGitGadget:
> From: Chris Idema <github_chris_idema@proton.me>
>
> Tabs were not properly rendered in TK regardless of tab width settings.

Sorry, I cannot reproduce what I read into this sentence. When I change
the "Tab spacing" option in the Options dialog, the display changes to
the specified tab width. I'm using Tcl/Tk 8.6.

> Converting tab alignment to spaces before rendering in TK fixes this.

Do "Stage Line/Hunk for Commit" still work after this conversion?

-- Hannes